# Grove Lea Primary School

Grove Lea Primary School is a primary school in Wakefield, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 244 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E148287. [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 244
- Council: Wakefield
- URN: 148287

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 1 July 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 77% of pupils at Grove Lea Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Wakefield and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Wakefield | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 77% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sacred-heart-catholic-primary-school-e138941): 390 m. Primary. Good (overall), November 2022. 30% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Outwood Academy Hemsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/school/outwood-academy-hemsworth-e145938): 610 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 37.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [West End Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/west-end-academy-e140003): 830 m. Primary. Improved significantly, November 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Helen's CE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-helens-ce-primary-school-e139573): 920 m. Primary. Good (overall), February 2023. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/148287)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/148287)

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